EADS

EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) is an aerospace and defence manufacturer headquartered in the Netherlands. Military products include: fighter and transport aircraft, helicopters and missiles. It formed from the merger of Daimler Aerospace (DASA, Germany), Aerospatiale Matra (France), and Construcciones Aeronauticas SA (CASA, Spain). EADS is the largest aerospace firm in Europe and second only to Boeing worldwide. Its largest holding is Airbus.

In 2006, sales were US$52 billion.

Ownership of other companies

 * Eurocopter (100%)
 * Astrium (75%)
 * Dassault Aviation (46.5%)
 * Helisim (45%)
 * Eurofighter (43%)
 * MBDA (37.5%)
 * Arianespace (30%)

Personnel
Executives:
 * Thomas Enders, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus
 * Louis Gallois, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 * Hans Peter Ring, Chief Financial Officer, EADS and Airbus

Board of directors:
 * Rüdiger Grube, Chairman of EADS
 * Louis Gallois, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 * Rolf Bartke, Chairman of Kuka AG
 * Dominique D'Hinnin, Chief Financial Officer of Lagardere SCA
 * Juan Manuel Eguiagaray, Director of Studies at Fundacion Alternativas
 * Arnaud Lagardere, General Partner and CEO of Lagardere Group
 * Hermann-Josef Lamberti, Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG
 * Lakshmi N. Mittal, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arcelor Mittal
 * John Parker, Chairman of National Grid
 * Michel Pebereau, Chairman of BNP Paribas
 * Bodo Uebber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG

Contact details
Headquarters: Le Carre, Beechavenue 130-132 1119 PR Schiphol-Rijk The Netherlands Phone: +31-20-655-4800 Fax: +31-3120655-4800 Web: http://www.eads.net

EADS Deutschland GmbH P.O. Box 801109 81663 Munich Germany

EADS France S.A.S. 37 boulevard de Montmorency 75781 Paris Cedex 16 France

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External resources

 * EADS company profile